128: Inhibitors

“Lord Pan?” Li Qinglong vaguely felt something was wrong and called out.

But where was Pan Han’s figure? He had already returned to his own world through crossing, and then crossed again, now standing steadily in the base’s main hall.

“Damn it, I fell for it!” Li Qinglong reacted instantly.

He dashed to the door, his arms bulging with veins, and pushed with all his might.

However, this bunker was designed to withstand nuclear attacks; not only was the door exceptionally sturdy, but the entire cellar was a single, integrated structure made entirely of super-strong alloy.

Even with his immense strength, he only managed to make the door budge slightly twice.

After Pan Han appeared in the main hall, he immediately ran out, heading straight for the warehouse.

“He’s trapped in the cellar!” Pan Han shouted from a distance.

Cheng Xiao, Old Six, Mo Li, and the others immediately turned their heads upon hearing this, all surprised.

“Lord, how did you appear from behind?” Cheng Xiao quickly went to meet him.

“I ran through the tunnel. Now Li Qinglong is trapped in the cellar, let’s go and catch him quickly,” Pan Han replied.

“Haha, Lord Pan is indeed courageous and resourceful! I’ve decided you’re my candidate!” Mo Li saw that Pan Han had escaped, which made things easier.

“Let’s go, we’ll capture this little Li Qinglong.” Mo Li turned around and strode into the warehouse.

The others followed behind him, their expressions unusually relaxed.

Li Qinglong was still in the cellar, searching for an exit everywhere.

“Impossible! How did he escape? There’s a tunnel, how could I not find it?”

While searching, he used all his strength to destroy things everywhere, trying to open a breach.

After hitting a few times and realizing he couldn’t get out at all, he started to panic.

“Damn it, you bastard Pan Han, you tricked me!” Li Qinglong, enraged and humiliated, burst into curses.

The curses echoed in the cellar, buzzing.

Just then, there was a knocking sound from the doorway.

“Little Li Qinglong, stop struggling, surrender!” Mo Li spoke to Li Qinglong through the monitor.

“Damn you, you treacherous bunch, let me out! We’ll fight for 300 rounds.” Li Qinglong was not ready to give in yet.

“How about we drain the air inside? Let him explode to death,” Mo Li said to Pan Han and the others.

“Wouldn’t the supplies inside be splattered with blood and flesh? That’s too disgusting,” Pan Han said with a grin, a completely different person from his earlier cautious subservience to Li Qinglong.

“Then what should we do? He’s unwilling to surrender! We can’t possibly let him out, can we?” Mo Li shrugged, asking the obvious.

“How about we turn on the air conditioning? Drop the temperature directly to minus 100 degrees. Freeze him into a human jerky. Then we can carry him out and smash him bit by bit with a small hammer,” Old Six suggested from the side.

“Holy crap, you guys are too ruthless.” Li Qinglong, who had killed countless people, couldn’t help but tremble when it came to himself.

“That’s a great idea! Old Six, you’re truly six! So, it’s happily decided!” Pan Han shouted loudly towards the door.

“Pan Han, you bastard, if you have the guts, come down here!” Upon hearing Pan Han’s voice, Li Qinglong was enraged, wishing he could get out and tear him apart.

“Lord, stop talking nonsense with him, let’s just start,” Cheng Xiao said fiercely, touching her swollen face.

“Little Li Qinglong, you have 10 seconds! If you don’t surrender, we’re turning on the air conditioning!” Mo Li saw through it at a glance; there was no air conditioning in this cellar at all. However, he was willing to cooperate with everyone in this act, as teasing an Intermediate Evolver was such a joyful thing.

“10, 9, 8, 7, 6…” Everyone happily counted down together.

Below, Li Qinglong’s mind raced, trying to think of a final solution.

But the countdown sound was like a tightening-spell, making him dizzy and disoriented.

“5!”

“4!”

Outside the door, everyone increased their volume, sounding Li Qinglong’s death knell.

“3!”

“I surrender!” Finally, Li Qinglong collapsed.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

This fierce battle was finally coming to an end.

“Lord Pan, open the door,” Mo Li said.

“Mr., after opening the door, what if he goes back on his word again? It would be troublesome if he fights like a cornered beast!” Pan Han deliberately omitted the ‘Mo’ character to prevent Li Qinglong from hearing the information.

“Don’t worry, I have my own way,” Mo Li waved his hand, indicating there was no need to worry.

With a creak, the door opened.

Mr. Mo slowly walked down.

Li Qinglong didn’t struggle but sat by a small table, drinking.

He probably knew his days were numbered and wanted to drink his fill before dying.

Mr. Mo didn’t stop him but sat opposite him.

“What do you want me to do?” Li Qinglong put down the wine bottle.

“I gave you a chance, but you didn’t take it! I gave you a chance, but you didn’t take it!” Mr. Mo said twice.

“Stop pretending!”

“Close your eyes, I’m putting a hood on you.”

“What! Am I not presentable?”

Mo Li didn’t waste words and directly put a hood on him, thinking, it’s not that you’re not presentable, it’s that I don’t want to be seen for now.

After putting on the hood, Mo Li took out a syringe and injected it into Li Qinglong’s neck.

Li Qinglong’s body trembled slightly, and then he fainted.

“Everyone come in and carry him away.”

Upon hearing this, Pan Han immediately brought people in.

They saw Li Qinglong lying on the table, and Mo Li had also taken off his mech helmet.

“Huh? How did he faint?” Pan Han asked Mo Li.

“I injected him with an inhibitor. He’s currently unconscious, and for 15 days after he wakes up, he will temporarily lose his Intermediate Evolver abilities and become an ordinary person,” Mo Li explained.

Pan Han didn’t rush to ask further but first arranged for people to carry Li Qinglong away and lock him up somewhere.

After everyone else had left, Pan Han slowly asked, “Mr. Mo, this kind of inhibitor, only your Twelve Palaces have it, right?”

“That’s natural. Since we can develop Evolution Potion, we can also reverse-engineer inhibitor agents. However, we will not let the inhibitor agents leak out,” Mo Li said frankly.

“Your Twelve Palaces are truly the masters!” Pan Han couldn’t help but exclaim.

“If it were you, you would do the same. However, you should be grateful for the inhibitor, otherwise how could you possibly hold an Intermediate Evolver?” Mo Li smiled slightly.

“Indeed, Mr. Mo is right.” Pan Han also had to admit that the inhibitor was indeed useful.

“We hope Lord Pan will keep our secret.”

“Of course. I wonder, can the inhibitor be exchanged?” Pan Han suddenly became very interested in the agent.

“Hahaha! Lord Pan, if we continue this topic, it might cause some unpleasantness,” Mo Li hinted without elaborating.

“Understood!” How could Pan Han not know Mo Li’s true intention, so he stopped pressing the matter.

“Alright, my mission is complete. Next, you need to prepare well, the Billion-Dollar Trial is still waiting for you.”

“Thank you, Mr. Mo, for your help. The promised supplies will not be short by a single cent. And you can also pick anything you want from the supplies in this cellar,” Pan Han said generously.

“Thank you, Lord Pan, I don’t need the extra supplies. We’ll meet again someday.” Mo Li smiled and waved his hand.

Now, Mo Li was ready to forge a good relationship with this Lord Pan, so he naturally wouldn’t fuss over these few supplies.

“Mr. Mo, do you have any suggestions on how to deal with Li Qinglong?” Pan Han had never dealt with an Intermediate Evolver before, so it was safer to consult.

“Hahaha! Lord Pan is truly cunning! Before leaving, he still pushes a difficult problem onto me.” Mo Li burst into laughter upon hearing this.

“I hope Mr. Mo can give some guidance.”

“His life or death is no longer important. What’s important is how you extract his maximum value,” Mo Li said meaningfully.